Amazon's 20 Best-Selling Toys Include 15 Fidget Spinners And 4 Fidget Cubes
In the top 20: 15 fidget spinners, 4 fidget cubes, and Adolescent Groot.
UPDATE
Since this article was published nine days ago, fidget spinners have tightened their grip on Amazon's best-seller list. The top 20 toys, as of Wednesday afternoon, include 17 fidget spinners and 3 fidget cubes.
A Nation Divided By Politics Has Been United By A Deeper And More Primal Urge: To Fidget Spin
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Further Reading on America's Fidget Frenzy:
Fidget Spinners Are Driving Teachers Bananas and...Sorry, I Got Distracted(Wall Street Journal)
I'm a Teacher, and Trust Me When I Say That Fidget Spinners Are the Effing Worst
(Working Mother)
So, Teachers Realllllly Hate Those Spinner Fidget Toys
(BuzzFeed)
We Tried Fidget Spinners
(BuzzFeed)
How Fidget Spinners Became a Hula Hoop for Generation Z
(New York Times)
Meet the Woman Who Invented Fidget Spinners, the Newest Toy Craze Sweeping America
(Money)
As fidget spinner craze goes global, its inventor struggles to make ends meet
(The Guardian)
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Tom Gara is the opinion editor for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
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